To support your career development, we will aid you in connecting with our diverse MA alumni network across your time in our program. This network includes alumni currently working in local industries (UAMS, Arkansas Department of Public Health, Bridgeway Hospital, CARDI Cancer Center, Stephens Inc, Simmons Bank, etc.) and those working for national companies and non profit organizations (such as PBS, Adobe, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, Heifer International, WinRock International, and more). We also have many alumni who currently work for universities, including Florida State University, UA Little Rock, University of Kentucky, Purdue, Clemson, and others. Check out some of our alumni whose careers span internal and external communication, training/education, and influencer/corporate leadership below!
Internal Communication/Organizational Development
Becky Harwell
Director of Talent Development, Simmons Bank
Lisa Wymer, Ed.D.
Manager of Organizational Development, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)
Shelby Fray
Senior Organizational Development Consultant, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)
Katie (Batson) Swearingen
Organizational Development Advisor, CARTI
External Communication: Health Communication, Business Development, Sales
Heide Harrell, APR
Vice President, Communications, Business Development Director
Private Client Group, Stephens, Inc.
Meg Mirivel
Director of Communications, Arkansas Department of Health
Bruce Trimble
Chief Experience Officer, Pillar Clinical Research, LLC
Fan Ku
Sales Manager (Specialities), Fuchs Lubricants Taiwan Corp
Training/Education
Jacob Jenkins
Associate Professor, California State University-Channel Islands
Nigel Spears
Training Specialist, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)
Andrew Pyle
Associate Professor, Clemson University
Rebekah Whitaker
Assistant Professor, Director of Debate, Union University
Melanie Morgan, Ph.D.
Professor & Associate Dean of the Graduate School, Purdue University
Melissa Johnston
Director of Learning and Development, First Union, Little Rock, Arkansas
Marquese McFerguson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Florida State University
Robert C. Mock Jr., Ph.D.
Vice President for Student Affairs, University of Kentucky
Corporate Leadership/Influencer
Adena White
Founder & Chief Storyteller, Black Belt Media
Sajni Kumpuris
Director of Education, Arkansas PBS
Sasha Arjannikova, Ph.D.
People Analysis, Adobe, San Francisco, California
Tamidra Marable
Global Talent Development Director, Heifer International
J. J. Pitman
University of Arkansas
4-H Center Director
